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NHS Forest 2 Trees at 2 pm
We are all set for NHS Sustainability day tomorrow the holes have been dug posts in place and our trees have been donated and loving preped by a local Nursery…
My name is Amy and I am the junior doctor ‘Sustainability Fellow’ for the Severn Deanery. It is a new post this year so I have a blank slate to work with. It is a post I have taken on in addition to…
We are celebrating Sustainability Dayby promoting 2 green initiatives.
1) The Day itself is declared as Spring Switch Off - encouraging patients, staff and visitors to switch off unwanted…
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Last week I spoke at the annual Renal Clinical Directors' Forum, which is a meeting organised by the Renal Association for clinical directors (doctors who manage their departments) to meet…
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare may soon be appointing to a new Green Nephrology Fellowship, linked to “a highly visible demonstration project showcasing radical redesign of a clinical service…
We have a 766 m2, 28 station renal unit that is not linked to any other hospital building. I have estimated some benchmark figures for our unit.
Southend renal unit annual…
NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts can bid for a share of £50 million capital funding to invest during 2013-14. The funding will support new and innovative projects to improve energy efficiency, reduce…
Green Nephrology in the BMJ! Commenting on a Green Nephrology study into savings from green initiatives in kidney units, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care, Dr Donal O'Donoghue, said "it’s not…
The NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy has set targets for the reduction of GHG emissions within the NHS. Taking 2007 levels as the baseline, the strategy requires an 80% reduction before 2050 and a 34%…
The British Journal of Renal Medicine is interested in articles about local green initiatives. I am writing one this week and thought i would base it on waste reduction in delivery of acid concentrate…